Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11252 – DACHSER / DACHSER & FERCAM ITALIA) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2023-10-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: carriage of goods, economic concentration, inland transport, international transport, logistics, merger control, storage








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
Series C













C/2023/469


25.10.2023






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11252 – DACHSER / DACHSER & FERCAM ITALIA)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2023/469)


1.   
On 18 October 2023, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






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Dachser SE (‘Dachser’), Germany, ultimately controlled by Dachser Group SE & Co. KG, which is a family-owned company;










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Fercam S.p.A. (‘Fercam’), Italy, is a family-owned logistics company;










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Dachser & Fercam Italia S.r.l. (‘Target’), Italy, to be established by Fercam as a wholly-owned subsidiary up to six months until consummation of the notified transaction, which will then be ultimately solely controlled by Dachser.




Dachser will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Target. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






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Dachser is a logistics company,










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Fercam is a logistics company that provides national and also international logistic services, in particular in the area of Full-Truckload (‘FTL’) transportation, road groupage and warehousing.






3.   

The business activities of Target will be road groupage and warehousing in Italy. Fercam will transfer its road groupage business as well as its warehouse business in Italy into Target prior to the consummation of the proposed concentration.



4.   
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


5.   
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.11252 – DACHSER / DACHSER & FERCAM ITALIA
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu
Postal address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË







(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  
            OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/469/oj
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